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While becoming a parent is often joyful, it can also be a time of great stress and uncertainty.

Music therapy can help decrease new parents' anxiety and improve their emotional coping.

Music therapy can also increase new parents' positive experiences, boosting positivity and kindness.

Becoming a parent is one of life’s great joys. However, experiencing pregnancy, regardless of outcome, can be accompanied by high levels of stress, fear, and uncertainties revolving around the well-being of the parents and the infant. This is where music therapy comes in.

A recent observational research study suggests that music therapy can decrease stress and anxiety, helping parents cope with emotions, feel stronger, and be distracted from stress, particularly during stays in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Music has a healing power that goes beyond comfort, offering stress reduction for parents who are on the journey of parenthood.

Observing Music Therapy’s Impact on Perinatal Mental Health

“The Effect of Music Therapy on Perceived Parental Stress in Perinatal Care,” a 2022 exploratory study, evaluated how music therapy........

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